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Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... dialogue to innovate by looking at how corporates engage with Indigenous communities. Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy's Program on Indigenous and Environment Governance and Capacity at Griffith ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... markets as a result of CSR seems to be a happy accident for companies in Australia," said Leeora Black, ACCSR managing director. "Rather than grasp the potential of CSR programs to create value, our research shows that organisations still see their CSR ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... management. "I am delighted to be appointing David to the role of CIO," said Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director. "He is very well respected by his colleagues and has a broad base of experience that is well suited to our investment style ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm, is forming a working group to lobby for changes to address what the managing director calls a lack of clarity around the process of putting shareholder resolutions to an annual general meeting (AGM). Trevor Thomas ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia. Henry, who is also a non-executive director at NAB, will speak to the ACCSR conference, which has taken the theme of "The Innovation Imperative - taking CSR from risk ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... trading at around â,¬5 euros, so you're ending up with a price of about AU$7.40," said Emile Abdurahman, an executive director at Morgan Stanley's commodities trading division. "The first thing is, the floor at AU$15 is way above what the international ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... operate to better capitalize on the opportunities presented by carbon efficient supply chains," said Frances Way, program director for CDP. "Such a large shift in companies' procurement models is encouraging but since these trends are only now emerging ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... processes. "The very nature of superannuation investment is long term," said Russell Thomas, Finsia CEO and managing director. "Superannuation funds are well placed to take advantage of long-term opportunities and to implement ESG principles in investment ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... (UN PRI) signatories and is increasingly being mandated and scrutinized by asset owners," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research. Institutional investors require coverage of their core portfolios of equities and ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... has extensive experience in the electricity sector, including as chairman of Eraring Energy from 2000 to 2010 and as a director of Pacific Power from 1996 to 2000. Fox has 30 years of financial services and insurance experience within Australia and the ...